For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAS5129 | Modern East Asian Social Systems | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| By comparing and analyzing modern social systems in each East Asian country from the perspective of organization and management, the course will explore transformations that may be considered specifically East Asian in distinction to social systems in the West. | |||||||||
| EAS5130 | Colonial Cultural Policy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| Even though the colonial period has been the focus of much academic interest within the field of modern East Asian history, the period has yet to attain thematic and methodological richness. The research on specific facets of colonial culture and its policy background is only beginning. The aim of this course is to achieve a nuanced understanding of cultural policy | |||||||||
| EAS5131 | Modern Korean Cultural Institutions | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| Meaningful research endeavors in cultural study must take into account both the surface phenomena and the underlying social system. In reality, however, existing studies have tended to concentrate on the former aspect only. In order to overcome such limitations, this course seeks to examine both the institutional structure and the logic of emergence behind concrete cultural phenomena. In particular, the course will focus on cultural institutions in early twentieth century colonial Korea and situate these developments within the East Asian context. | |||||||||
| EAS5132 | East Asia and the Shock of the West | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| How did the experience of being colonized by Western powers affect the emergence and development of modern nation-states in East Asia? We will tackle this question from both politico-economic and socio-cultural perspectives, and compare our findings with the cases of those countries that were not subject to colonization. | |||||||||
| EAS5133 | The Elite in Traditional East Asia | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| The course examines the composition and the role of traditional ruling groups in various East Asian societies before the beginning of active interactions with the West. We will also trace how such traditional ruling elite disintegrated and the factors leading to their demise. | |||||||||
| EAS5135 | The Urban-Rural Dynamic and Korean Modernization | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| The aim of this course is to examine the theoretical and historical processes of Korean modernization by focusing on the dynamic interactions between the urban and rural areas. Modernization has generally been equated to industrialization and urbanization. These two social phenomena serve as the basis of political and literary transformations as well. Consequently, a meticulous understanding of the two phenomena is necessary in order to approach the question of universal and particular in modern Korean society. While scholars agree that industrialization and urbanization in Korean society germinated during the period of the Great Han Empire, Modernization further progressed during the Japanese colonial period, and underwent accelerated growth from the 1960s on. | |||||||||
| EAS5136 | Politics and Thought in Modern and Contemporary China | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| The course examines transformations in Chinese thought and government in modern and contemporary times and traces the impact that these changes had on the East Asian Confucian order. | |||||||||
| EAS5141 | Popular Culture in Korea | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| Approaching the topic of poular culture from the question of performative arts, we will deduce the effect of popular culture on how Korean society operates and changes. We will also examine the characteristics and standing of Korean popular culture regionally within East Asia. | |||||||||
| EAS5145 | East Asian Perspectives on Nature and Ecological Discourses | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| East Asian perspectives on nature, especially those of Chinese origin, posit an intimate relationship with cosmos, the world and nature. Nature philosophy is also seen as representing a continuum with understanding of the world as the basis of human existence and exploration of the meaning of human life within that world. Nature is thus a source simultaneously of scientific and religious philosophies, and serves as the basis not only of eastern medicine and ethics, but of an organic way of thinking that may be characterized as specifically Eastern. In this course, we will examine traditions of thought that serve as the foundation of Eastern perspectives on nature and humanity, and delve into the significance of how they are applied in such fields as Eastern medicine, astronomy, astrology, and geomancy. Unlike natural sciences in the West which tends to view nature as comprising an inorganic physical world, Eastern views on nature suppose organic links. This approach is drawing great interest as an alternative philosophy at a time when the environmental crisis threatens human civilization. We will explore the points of convergence and possible homologies between East Asian approach to nature and "deep ecology" which is fast emerging as a critical alternative to modern science. | |||||||||
| EAS5149 | Special Lectures on East Asian Studies | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| The course provides a comparative overview of history, culture, politics and thought in Korea, China, and Japan, paying special attention to how each country transitioned from premodern to modern times. The course will seek to identify points of commonality among the three countries and explore the possibility of a new model of East Asian society that aspires toward progress. | |||||||||
| EAS5150 | The World System and East Asia | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| Re-examining the major changes that have marked world politics and economic order, we will chart the transformation of East Asian identity within this context and diagnose East Asia's role in the global politico-economic order in the 21st century. | |||||||||
| EAS5152 | Social Change in China | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| The course offers an overview of the content and principles of rapid social change in China in the current climate of reform and opening. Regional decentralization, diversification of economic activity, regional and class-based polarizations will be among the topic studied. | |||||||||
| EAS5153 | East Asian Political Economy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| Until recently, the focus of most courses on East Asian political economy was on exploring particular developmental models that may best contribute toward modernization in East Asia. This course, however, proceeds from the basic belief that the focus must now shift toward ways to achieve continued and balanced development in the 21st century. | |||||||||
| EAS5155 | Reform and Economic Policy in China | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| After examining whether China's policy of gradual reform and opening can coexist with Chinese-style socialism, the course will identify the direction of popular economic policy that Korea must consider identifying the potentials and challenges inherent in Chinese economy. | |||||||||
| EAS5156 | International Relations in East Asia | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | - | No | |
| After offering an overview of possible factors leading to transformation of East Asia and difficult challenges confronting international politics within the region, we will diagnose the distinctive characteristics and future directions of change in each country's international security policy. | |||||||||